Dell, HP Shares Plunge After AI Fails To Ignite “PC Refresh Cycle”

Article originally appeared on www.zerohedge.com.


Shares of Dell Technologies and HP tumbled in premarket trading on Wednesday after both companies reported quarterly financial results, underscoring a lackluster personal computer upgrade cycle. Meanwhile, the highly anticipated upgrade supercycle for AI-enabled Apple iPhones has also been underwhelming.

Dell shares fell as much as 12% in premarket trading after the computer hardware company reported revenue that missed the Bloomberg Consensus.

“The PC refresh cycle is pushing into next year,” Dell CFO Yvonne McGill told analysts on a Tuesday call following the results.

Here’s a snapshot of Dell’s third-quarter earnings (courtesy of Bloomberg):

Infrastructure Solutions Group net revenue $11.37 billion, +34% y/y, estimate $11.34 billion (Bloomberg Consensus)

Servers and Networking revenue $7.36 billion, +58% y/y, estimate $7.53 billion

Storage revenue $4.00 billion, +4.2% y/y, estimate $3.83 billion

Adjusted EPS $2.15 vs. $1.88 y/y, estimate $2.05

Total net revenue $24.37 billion, +9.5% y/y, …

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